Hi there , I'm Steve Saunders.What ' s your name ?   I'm Patti Whitney.Isn ' t this convention great ?   Yes it is , better than I expected it would be.The presenters have been first rate.Is this the first conference you've been to ?   No , I've been coming for the last 3 years.Each year keeps getting better.Where are you from ?   I'm from Long Island , New York.What about yourself ?   I'm from the other side of the coast--Los Angeles .   Wow . I really like California ... the weather there is much better than the East Coast .   Have you been to California ?   Just once.Quite a few years ago we took the kids to Disneyland on our vacation.They had a blast .   How many kids do you have ?   Two , a boy and a girl.They ’ re already grown now .   Well , California ’ s changed over the last little while.You should come back out sometime . 